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Guide to Poisonous Plants - Links to more information.

Mayapple - Information on Podophyllum peltatum, which is very poisonous.

Opium (Papaver somniferum) - Life history and information on the opium poppy.

Opium Poppy Seed Pod - One great photograph

Peyote and Native American Culture - Information on this hallucinogenic cactus.

Plant Alkaloids - Plants and fungi that are hallucinogenic.

Poisonous Plants Home Page - From Cornell University.

Salvia divinorum, Herb of Mary, the Shepherdess - Information on a member of the mint family that is used in rituals for its hallucinogenic properties by indigenous peoples in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Strychnine - Information on this alkaloid, first identified from the plants of the genus Strychnos.

The Genus Datura: From Research Subject to Powerful Hallucinogen - Datura, like many in the family Solanacea has narcotic properties.

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